Overview
- Emma Amit, 51, filmed herself on Feb. 4 foraging in mangroves near Puerto Princesa, cooking seafood in coconut milk and tasting the catch.
- She developed severe symptoms the next day, was rushed from a local clinic to a hospital, and died on Feb. 6, according to ABS-CBN and village officials.
- Investigators said they found brightly colored shells in her trash believed to be Zosimus aeneus, the toxic reef crab known locally as the devil crab.
- Experts say the species contains saxitoxin and tetrodotoxin that are not destroyed by cooking and can cause rapid paralysis and death.
- Barangay leaders issued public cautions and said her meal companions are being monitored, noting previous regional fatalities linked to the same crab.